JAKOB RØRVIK / WRITER-DIRECTOR

Writer-director.

CURRENT PROJECTS

My drama series DATES IN REAL LIFE premiered at Series Mania 2024, winning Best Series in the International Panorama. It has gone on to win the Rose d’Or for comedy-drama, series of the year at Prix Europa, as well as several more festival awards.

The series is 7 x 25min. Set in Norway, Italy and the US. TV and streaming broadcast started autumn 2024.

My second feature ETERNAL SUMMER will go into production early 2025.

PREVIOUS WORK

My first feature was released in 2022: THOMAS VS. THOMAS (A SENSATIONAL THEORY REGARDING AN INSIGNIFICANT LIFE IN THE MULTIVERSE). It was developed at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.

The 2020 short APOCALYPSE NORWAY was a Vimeo Staff Pick.

The short NOTHING EVER REALLY ENDS received jury recognitions in Aspen and Seattle. A Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere - Vimeo also named it one of the top dramas, as well as one of the top comedies of 2017.

My many other shorts have played at festivals including South By Southwest and Cannes - Cinéfondation, and featured on online platforms like Nowness and Short Of The Week.

BACKGROUND

Graduate of the National Film & Television School, London.

(Photo by Christian Tunge)